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Hey, man, I was quite the vocal warm up this morning. Thank you guys for singing a lot. I think that's the most congregational participation we've had so praise God for that. Praise God for that. The heck you want to welcome. Everybody can scare everybody who this is your first time. It might be your second or third time. It might be a fifth or sixth time or maybe you're a regular a tender or member. Welcome. We need to welcome the Lord, right? Cuz that's what we're here to pray. So we're going to do welcome into this place.

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You guys didn't tell me that I came up here with my flip-flops on earlier. Somebody should have said something. That's why I felt so short you believe that. Right. She's not a fairytale. She's not a storybook character. He's real he lives and he is amazing grace. He keeps this you got us all here safely this morning. We could have had an accident we could have passed in her sleep we could have anything could have happened if you could have felt like you could have struck who know right, but we are here by the grace of God. So let's go ahead and acknowledge Him day.

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Let me stop let me stop. Good morning, everyone. It is good to see everyone this morning a man. It is back to church Sunday. We're celebrating the national event churches all over the United States Canada and the world are inviting those who have not been to church in a while back to church a man. And so if you notice we have these t-shirts on a man and we just want to place it in your spirit that it is our job to go out and invite somebody a man. Sometimes only reason people don't come to churches that nobody's invited him a man. And so we really want to make sure we place it and keep it in a heart to just ask somebody to come to church a man. They may not come the first time but don't give up a man eventually if you keep asking anybody long enough to help break down as a man. I'm coming just cuz you keep bugging me. And you never know what they might get when it when they get here a man. They could be going through something and in the song that's being sung or a prayer that sprayed or a word that has gone for work might minister to their heart a man and it could be just that thing. They need to keep going a man. It's always I want to place it in your heart to always think about someone else. It could be a neighbor A co-worker a family member, you know, we have those family members that you know, they out there, right? We all got him a man. So, you know, that's not perpetrating act. Like we ain't got them family members, you know, so it may be something as simple as just inviting them to come to church with your email. So keep that in mind as we go through the rest of this month a man. Do we have children?

Kids World Kids World. Hey, man, we got to hand back there. Okay. So let stand we going to have the kids then we going to pray over our kids. Amen. Amen. If y'all would join me with me as we bless the Lord for our children father. We thank you for our young people God I'm praying right now from the crown of their heads to the solar their feet that the Holy Spirit the anointing of the Holy Ghost will just fall down on them and that they would be representations of who you are in their classrooms at home. And in the community, I pray God as they go to class their hearts are ready to receive. I pray for their instructors. I pray to God that the anointing would fall blow through them. And then when they leave that class today Lord, they won't be the same because your word has minister to them. We thank you and Praise You In Jesus Name let everybody say man. All right, keep standing keep standing a man. So as as the first lady said we are we're dealing with this this issue of church and how people are running from the church as opposed to running to the church a man and so will come to realize that that church is a place to belong a man is it is it's a place to belong is a place where a lot of things occur in so we're inviting people to come back to church and and and realize that church is a place to belong especially United Christian Fellowship. Amen, and I'm a little partial to that. You know, there's a lot of great churches out there, but I think UCF is is pretty amazing. Amen. And so today we want to talk about God's love say gods. Love it again. God's love not our foundational scriptures going to come from the Gospel of John chapter number 3 and verse 17. And so yeah, it's up on the screen. I want you to read this along with me. You're ready. Go God send his son into the world not to judge the world. But to save the world through him in our confession of faith. We we we always sharing our confession of faith and I want you to repeat this after me. I am not moved. By what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the word of God the victory is mine. I have it now. I can see it through the eyes of my faith. In Jesus name. Let's take a second and give God some praise open up your mouth and just bless the Lord for who is hallelujah. Thank you God. Thank you. You've been so good to us. We bless your name. You are Jehovah Jireh. You are are all in all God. We just want to lift you up because you're king of kings and your Lord of Lord. We magnify you in this place. We going for you in this place. We lift you up to the highest of how you're bigger than any problem. We have your bigger than any circumstance. We have your bigger than any challenge. We have God we give you glory in his place Lord. We magnify who you are not because of what you do, but just because of who you are. We thank you and We Praise You In Jesus precious name that everybody is a man. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. Amen. So today as we continue our series on a place to belong last week we shared with you while I go to church. So if you go on faith life, there's a message out there intitle. Why go to church people like why do I need to go to church? So if you go look at that message, you'll find out you don't give you a little ideas to why you should be part of a church and go to church in in the week prior that we talked about helping someone to see Jesus helping someone is he in the midst of all of this chaos, man, we all got busy schedules and doing stuff. Sometimes the noise that we're dealing with problems concerns people the internet social media all of that stuff. It creates a bunch of noise a man. And so sometimes we can't see Jesus clearly because of all of the stuff that's going on. So something and there are times when we need somebody to help us to see Jesus Amen in the midst of a bad situation in the midst of a challenging. Here's what I know. Jesus is always in the midst of it a man. We may not see it as we're going through it, but trust me. Jesus is in the midst of it a man. And so today I just want to talk a little bit, You know, if I get the Holy Spirit to let me kind of just bring it back a little bit tone it down and talk about God's love. God's love, you know God's love that that you know, when we read the scripture in John 3 and 16 the Bible says for for God so loved the world no check that out for second let that sink in cuz I know we've heard the scripture. But but when we read it in the Bible, it says for God so loved the world and it didn't mean just a group talk about everybody. think about it for a second God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever whoever don't care where you from what you look like what you about whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

This scripture that we read is a well-known scripture. Is pretty brief and is pretty direct and to the point and what it does. It it reveals God's great love for me and for you not now basketnet for second in the midst of everything that you're going through and I still loves you God still loves you in the midst of in the midst of trying to figure out how to walk through this craziness. God still loves you in the midst of you know, how we mess up sometimes everybody anybody that messed up a man I get insurance, you know in the midst of our mess up God still loves us. Amen people might turn they back on you they might talk about you getting a little clicks. And and and do you wrong but God still loves you now, I want you to hold on to that because that's the thing that's going to keep you moving forward a man went when things go Haywire know that God still loves you. So God so loved the world. I see that I am reminded that God love the whole world.

The idea that God loves the whole world is a new idea for some of us some of us only think God loves the First supposed to go to church. Where is the reality before you went to Church of God loves you? A man before you even thought about Christ. God loves you. Amen. God love me when I was in Chicago in the midst of my mess and man. That was I didn't know it but he knew what they meant. He knew he had to work for me to do a man. So I know that God loves you and for some of us and this is the thing about religion. We got to we got to be careful with that religion cuz religion will make us think that God only love and not the folks who are out in the world. What the Bible clearly says that God loves the world. He loves the whole world that God loved the religious and hated the non-religious and y'all sometimes we can get like that. You know, one of the things that we have to be extra careful with is being religious. Because religion will separate you from and make you think that you're special and enforce who aren't religious are not are not so special. And here's the reality. God loves us all.

Amen, thank God. He loves us all because many of us wouldn't be here. If God didn't love us. Amen. Many of us would have been dead sleeping in my grave but guy. Not now, you know, I don't need folks here to be all cute now. I need you to be real with this thing. But God if it had not been for God, you might not be here because synonym myself I should have been up under gravy man the stuff I was doing.

I can do it now. But God Amen the fact that God loves us a shocking and so many and some wonder and others question how God could possibly love the murderer immoral person that wife beater the child abuse abuser The Prostitute the thief the alcoholic the street person the oppressor. The person is bitter in the person who's been God love them folks.

But that used to be you and me.

but God But the love of God brought us out of that Darkness into a place call light but God cuz that used to be me. Why do true to yourself you can find your stuff up in there. Amen. If you real with yourself, you can be you can be fake or you can be real with yourself and you can say hey that used to be I'm not going to perpetrate I'm not going to lie. I used to hate on people. I was been through I was bitter you name it. But God, that's why I'm so excited. Somebody said why do you praise God so much. You just have no idea what he's done for me. See when you've been through some stuff and you are going through some stuff and you know that there's a light at the end of the tunnel when you can praise God before you get to the life man. I can't do nothing. But give God praise when when when you get bad news and + Dinafem. Don't worry. I got your back and you keep getting up in the in the world keeps knocking you down, but you keep getting up in the world keeps letting you know that you can't get enough. You know, you have a reason to praise God Amen. That's the reason to praise him. Then I'm so grateful that God loves everyone not just those who call themselves religious not those who call themselves good. You don't list love the people who love him. He loves everybody.

He loves the unbelieving person.

He loves the person.

Who don't even know what it feels like to be loved? So they go out and do. evil things

amen He loves everybody. He loves the selfish and the greedy the spiteful in the vintage looking what the Bible says in in John chapter 10 verse 16. It says I have other sheep to that are not in this sheet for he was talking to Jews. Then he says he says I must bring them all so they will listen to my voice and there will be one block with one Shepherd. 1 blocks in one Shepherd see all of these little denominations. Block one Shepherd. So everybody was bragging about their denomination. They can let that go because it's one flock and one Shepherd. Amen. Amen. In Romans chapter 12 chapter 10 verse in the Bible says it's exactly the same no matter what a religious a person's religious background may be the same for all of us. Acting the same incredible generous way to everyone who calls out for help first 13 says everyone who calls help. God gets help. That's how much help me Lord. Do you know what somebody would just tell me all kind of stuff when you knew in the ministry. You got to watch who you around. The Bible says if you call out to him no matter where you at no matter what you do. He hears you had me thinking that you have to be in church before God will hear you snoring reason. I'm here now cuz I cuz I wasn't in church all the time. He heard me he heard me when I fell to my knees and I said Lord, I can't do it anymore. I'm tired. He heard me and trust me. I was in church. Amen. So when I see this scripture in the Bible says everyone who called Help God gets help. I'm in Corinth because I can tell my neighbor I can tell my cousin I can tell my brother. I can tell my sister no matter what you going through. All you got to do is call out to God and he hears you. So you ain't got to run over here and put your face in the corner before he hears you you ain't got to fall down and on your knees are all you got to do is call out and mean it from your heart and he's here. A man, that's the message. We got to get out to people. We too busy trying to be religious and holy and spiritual. We sold some of my cell phone so we know her flea good cuz all of us in the sky somewhere and when people are going through problems, we forget to tell them but God God can hear you guys can help you. All you got to do is call him. We're trying to get conform to what we are and have them look just like that's like robots. That's not what God called us to do a man. Tell your neighbor butt guy.

Is 2nd Peter chapter number 3 and verse 9. Look at this the Bible says the Lord isn't really being slow about his promise that some people think see some people want us all to want got to hurry up Jesus. Hurry up and come back. The rest of us can go to hell.

Write cassisi. Here's a problem with religious folks. They get down there and they forget about everybody else. Download them folks. Are we doing is looking down on people who still struggling? But they forget they were struggling at one point to a man, but when they got it, then they want to act all holy and righteous and forgot what they were just a couple months ago. In the Bible says the Lord isn't really being slow about his promise as some people think know he is being patient for yourself.

The Bible says he does not want anyone to be destroyed but wants everyone to repent. And repent means just turn away from whatever you're doing. That doesn't line up with what God is saying and turn back to God. Man, if you if you wanted messy situation a priest on messy situations, if you want to message situation at some point, you got to say the way I'm going ain't right. Cuz it keeps getting me in this mess with messy people. I ain't got no money. Don't nobody like me use you name it right message to Joyce and turn back to God because God says he says I have exceedingly abundantly for you more than you can even think or imagine. So, why would you stay in a messy situation when God God blessings for you? And all you got to do is turn away from that. Yeah, you might have to leave pookie. and baby You know all of them who's supposed to have your back amen and you may have to leave them until they open up their mouth and say God I need help and that's okay. It's okay to leave them because you know what God can do more for them than you care. Do I have any Witnesses here? Sometimes you got to let some folks go so God can deal with him a man and God can do more for them that you and I could ever do I have to tell my mother one time let your grandson go. That's a grown man. Let him go so that God can take care of it. But what you don't understand and you don't get out of God's way so God can deal with his child. You will be the problem. A man that was for somebody in here. Amen. Amen. The basis of God's love is in his nature. Look at what it says in 1st John 4 in the Bible says, but anyone who does not love does not know God.

For the nature of God is love. He can't stop if he can't change who you that's his nature. He's going to love us when we mess up and mess up and Nessa and Nessa and mess up. That's the great thing about God. He's always going to love us. It's his character. It's his nature. That's why he wants us to renew our mine. So we'll be more like Jesus. So when people mess up in our lives we can still love them. And love her. level and love them but we so quick to kick people to the curb. Amen. What have God did that to us? Just because we didn't do what he wanted us to do on that day. That's so I tell everybody the only reason you mad at somebody is cuz they won't do what you want to do.

amen soul of ass it expresses of love love does not sit still doing nothing. It's not dormant. It's not complacent. It's not an active and it's if it's love it actually exist. It has to ask an Express itself. It has to do something good. That's what God does to us. He has to express himself. So He blesses us. He keeps waking us up some food on the table. He puts clothes on her back. She puts shoes on our face. He has to express

You can't say you love somebody and you keep taking away from them and stepping on them and beating on him and said, oh, you know what? I really love you. Don't work. That's not love. I don't know what sickness that is, but it ain't love a man. So God is a loving God and he has to show it so love is loving love is always demonstrate. It's always showing somebody else that you love them there for God's love asks and reveals him to be live. See we can't be in room. I say we love God and hate our brothers and sisters.

Come on out. Let's keep this real. See, you can't hold a grudge against somebody and say you love God. Come on out. Something is wrong. You know, I don't know who you worshiping but you can't you can't tell me I love God, but you know what? I can't stand this person and it's supposed to be a brother and sister in Christ. Come on. Y'all don't know who you playing with. Amen. So there is evidence of God of his love. God gave His only begotten son.

The word gave has two meanings number one. God gave his son to the world. And 2 he gave his son to die. So when he gave his son to the world and he gave a son to die, how many of you could do that with your children? amen So the idea sacrifice of great cause shows up in both of those X it cost God dearly to give his son up to the world and to the Cross. You don't think he hurt he had to give his son up for you and me in the midst of our craziness. He said I still love him and you know what son the only way we going to do this if I give you up

He gave up his son to be separated from him allowing. Jesus to leave his presence to leave his majesty to leave his glory to leave worship and to lead the honor of Heaven he gave his son up to be separated from him allowing. Jesus to come down to earth. He came down into a world that was full of Darkness. selfishness hostility greed bitterness and morality with billion anger and seeing that's what he gave his son up to come down to amen He gave up his son to be separated from him allowing. Jesus to die for me and you. Can you imagine That Ain't Nothin But Love what he had he had to say I care about them so much. I'm willing to give up my only begotten son. To die so that they may be live. Do you always forget about that? We we we get so caught up in the mess up today. We forget the somebody died for you and for me. We hear it so much. It becomes a cliche Until you realize who you going to die for what you say? No matter how much you love them. I'm going to give up my life for you if we sat in theory until you actually put up with the text. Are so many folks sellout people who are supposed to love and care about and and said I have that for you off. Oh, oh, oh you my road off I die for you until something happens.

How many of us would give us someone that you truly love for somebody who despises you?

Who would you give up for someone who says I can't stand you? I don't like you. I don't know you you're not real. I don't care what you do. You don't exist. You going to give up your child for that? You don't give him some relevant that you love. But that's what God did.

He did that for me and you. okay, glacius chapter 3 verse 13 But Christ has rescued us. From the curse pronounce by the law. When he was hung on the cross. He took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. What is written in the scriptures cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree? He did that for me? And he did that for you. More evidence of God's love is that God took the initiative to save man man did not seek to save himself God sought to save me. God gave his son so that we might be forgiven and say that God is the seeking savior. He's speaking after you and he was seeking after me because he loves you and he loves me. But I didn't know enough to go after God. I'm just keeping it real I could go after money. I could watch the thing. I could go after position. I can go after Fortune. I could go after all of that. I didn't have to go out to God and I thought everybody in the church was fake. No, I'm keeping it real. I'm not going to play with y'all cuz I don't have that much time and then I don't have time to just to sugar-coat this thing. I just like many other folks who on the outside stink church people are fake. But Hypocrites State Lottery each other they have in the world and 1/2 in the church. Stay religious. All that stuff is going on and I was wondering if you can come up to me and tell me nothing cuz my money took care of everything.

but God but God And when everybody start dying around me and I didn't have any answers for all I could do is get on my knees and say God I need to I need you to help me and he came through That's why I preach the way I do. That's why I praise the way I do because I know what God has done for me. Hey, man. I'm not talking about something cute that happens. I'm talking about mama. Daddy. Uncle friends all I'm done at the same time. Just sit down and have have to go to so many funerals all at once and wonder is God real when I got down on my knees he open up how real he was.

Show me all. No issues a man. Oh my oh my gosh. He don't like me. She don't like bump him or her. Hey, man, I'm talking about folks who got real for us to get down on my knees and say God. I need you right now. I'm losing everything right now. I what I thought was important important, then the folks that we need to go to and tell him God is real and he loves you. amen

But here's the deal Yo Gotti ain't angry with us. God is Not unloving and he's not unforgiving some people want to make God seem like he just waiting to punch.

1 2 3 I love my texting man may be looking out for me Pastor you going off and can't nobody really hear you. All right. Look at any love this so much for spices that even though we were dead check this out you You know when the when folks think they really living without God they did. You know, sometimes we have to be careful because we see people who have more more money more fame or influence more but you don't know what their heart is. It looks good on the outside, but they could be dead on the inside. Hey, man, I mean, you know anytime somebody got enough money. You got to have 20-30 bodyguards to protect you that ain't living. It looks nice on on social media, but you don't know what this person is dealing with on. You don't know if they suicide or what amen so some of the stuff that looks good on the outside really ain't good. It's not until you have Christ in your life that you're alive a man. The Bible says in verse 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins he gave us life. When he raised Christ from the dead. It is only by God's grace that you have been saved. Tell your neighbors Justice Grace. No, tell him like it and you mean it's his grace. His grace the only reason you sit in that chair is because of the grace of God. The only reason I'm able to stand up here right now and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ is because of the grace of God. I am not worthy. I didn't I didn't do anything that you deserve it. But because of his grace and his Mercy I stand before you a man and so I'm humbled by that a man and every morning I wake up and you should think about this every morning you wake up. That's God's grace. That's his favor. That's new Mercy right there. You got up and you opened up your eyes because somebody went to sleep and didn't get up and somebody went to sleep and didn't get up and they didn't know Christ in the part of their sins. Amen. It's so by virtue of the fact that you know Christ and the partner of your sins and you keep it keeps opening up your eyes. That's his grace and his Mercy that's worth praising him right there.

Say salvation.

This is the purpose of God's love. It's to save a Salvation. Simply me save save save. salvation means save Jesus came to save a man. That's what salvation is. So God's purpose and giving his son was 3/4 write this down to save us from perishing to save us to eternal life and to save me and through their unbelief. Amen. Salvation say salvation. Everybody wants to be scared of that word. But Salvation means that you save.

Somebody asked me in the middle of my sermon. Can you repeat that? You know, we close a man, you know, we close y'all know we close, you know, we closing up and because we cuz I'm a repeat it. God's purpose in giving his son was 341 to save us from perishing to save us to eternal life and to save men and women through belief. Look at John chapter 3 verse 17. God sent his son into the world get this not to judge the world hear me not to judge the world, but to save the world through him see we running from somebody who's not trying to judge you but trying to save you see if it's if you knew somebody who was doing something detrimental to themselves when you jump in and try to help them or save them. Come on. Yeah, that's what Jesus did for us. Oh you trying to stop me from having fun? No fool. I'm trying to save your life.

It's it's it's Politically Incorrect to tell somebody wait a minute. When did we quit?

When did you quit thinking about people that you so worried about saying the right thing if you love somebody you want to save them from doing something detrimental am I right or wrong? Utah child don't touch that stove. It's hot and it will burn you because you don't want him to get hurt. You tell a grown man or woman don't go down that road cuz you'll end up in disaster. That's not trying to judge them. It's trying to save them Amen in Jesus name is not here. He's using me and you as his eyes and here's a man. That's why we care about four people take passed away. You and everybody busy cuz I care.

I was talking about they love you and don't even care letting you walk off a cliff and break your neck. Stop them before they walk off the cliff if you care about her. Amen you the only eyes and ears of Christ. They go see how is it that you can turn on us your turn your face away from it when people are hurting. What's wrong with the church today? Everybody's trying to be cute and pretty and have their sin. Please listen to this. Nobody cares about anybody Soul anymore.

Play Buddy Guy. But God thank God. He's he loves us man. John chapter 1 verse 14. Can you put that up there? Thank you. Look at this and the word Christ became flesh human incarnate and Tabernacle fixed. His tender flesh lived wild among us and we actually saw his glory his honor his majesty such glory is only as only the begotten son receive from his father full of grace favor, loving kindness and truth. So the word became flesh. That's how much God loves us. He sent them down here in the same physical bodies that you and I have to go through everything that you and I go through and you know what he did. He said amen. and he still love this when they when they lied on him when they when they spit on him when they accused him of doing all kind of stuff and then he went up to the cross at Calvary and in love he died for me and you

Let us not forget this let us not get so cute with us are lies. And what's so important that we forget that God loved us that somebody died for me and you that somebody paid the price out of love for me and you when you see somebody going through love them enough to get them out of that situation. Can we even laugh people enough to do that these days?

Christ was not sent here to condemn us. I had to learn that because so many people are talking about I ain't going to church so I get myself together. I ain't nobody trying you can't get yourself together if you wanted to that's why you still out there, but God loves you. That's what he's looking for you to come in because he loves you. Oh, man. I can't come to church. I got to get myself together. You know me. I do me that's your problem you doing you? A man and you doing you taking you right the hell? A man, that's what I did. I was so busy doing me. A man how many of you just doing you? A man being real so busy doing you and where is you taking you? amen

Romans chapter 3. I'm almost done y'all like dude. I thought you was going to back off.

I like that dude. No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Go to Romans chapter 3 verse 23. Here's the deal. I need to talk to the religious folks cuz they don't forget this for everyone has sinned. We all fall short of God's glory is standard. Everyone has a Wee Sing the precinct sang the song We Fall Down, but we know any moment you can want to start the day off, right? And something just clicks and all of a sudden you find yourself in a place where you don't miss the mark. We Fall Down But we got to get up. all of us Preachers included quit putting preachers on pedestals they just like you they have issues to a man they fall short too. So don't get caught up in a title when I keep telling people all the time pray for me and my wife a man. Don't don't think all well, you know what they got to do, you know, we have the same challenges that you have and don't be separating yourself are all well I expect you to Pastor to do this. I expect you to do the same thing. You can't expect something from me and me not expect the same thing from you. So many people want to sit in the pews and act a certain way walk a certain way talk a certain way and then want to hold somebody else to a different standard don't work like that. You are held to the same standard. Amen. So you want to go cut somebody out and don't think nobody knows God knows. You want to go to sleep around with somebody else? God knows you want to act and doing this that and the other just like the word God knows and then you call yourself a Christian you bringing disgrace to the word Christian. I'm just telling you the truth. Amen. Everyone has sinned we all fall short of God's glory a standard we can when it says in Romans chapter 3 beginning with verse 9. I like the people he says so are we doing better than others know we have already said the Jews and those who are not Jews are guilty of saying well said that. Where's the scripture says there is no one who always does what is right not even one.

See, that's why people like to hide behind religion because religion gives you a rules and regulations. If you do those rules and regulations, nobody else can see you but the Bible clearly says there's times when you fall short. Mr. Religion Miss religion. Amen. That's the time when you think you buy yourself in the corner in the booth in the back in the dark. That I can still see you. a man He can't even see your thought. He knows your thoughts. He knows the motive of why you're doing stuff. But you know some people I love you know, you think you're better than someone. So that's why you keep treating them like that.

I'm talking to somebody here. Amen. The Bible says there is no one who understands there is no one who looks to God for help first 12 all have turned away together every this kills me together. Everyone has become useless. There is no one who does anything good there is not even once when I read that scripture is God Pearson past the flesh into your motive. Always say I don't believe what I see or what I hear because I don't know what your motive is Pastor. I like what's your motive? Do you really love me or you trying to get something from me a man? So I can't trust what I see. I don't trust what I hear people always give you platitudes. Oh my gosh. You were great all my guys you'll is a and then get behind your back. I didn't understand a word he said

I'm keeping this thing real cuz she has too many churches landfalls play church. Amen. It's too many for big crowds of people coming in. They still sending they still stuck they still in bondage, but they hear were and up Emma and no offense to her in it. That's their entertained by most churches and most

Thank you, Holy Spirit. Amen, look at the Bible. Let's go back to the Bible.

He's going to his Apostles. He says their throats are like in verse 13, their throats are like open Graves. They use their tongues for telling lies. Their words are like snake poison. The first 14 says their mouth mouth full of cussing and Hate.

First 15 they're always ready to kill people not physically, but with their words. Persisting everywhere. They go they cause ruin the misery watch who you around.

Everybody can't go with you. Cuz their motives are right. Amen.

417 says they don't know how to live in peace and verse 18 says they have no fear of God one plan. Jake Paul this life is too short. Why would you live craziness here and then get up to heaven? And God said, I don't even know you.

Cuz you been playing Church. Your mood is were real you wanted to do enough to please people to make people think you are certain way or doing it, but God knows. a man

The Jesus was not sent to condemn us with a judge's judgment and condemnation was not his purpose, please tell people God is not here to judge you. He already knows you're going to stand before you did it at pizza and Jesus to die for what you did in the past. What you doing in the present and what you doing in the future. So don't try to be cute and clean it up. The worst was trying to be cute in front of somebody when I get to church. Oh my God, hallelujah, praise. God gold glory to God hallelujah hallelujah, and then they cussing people out.

Are you seeing and that's why kids today say I don't trust people in church cuz they know what you like at home and then they know what you like your church.

That's why kids don't play with church. Now. They rather get on the internet and create their own little world and it's because of you and me.

The guess what even in that God still loves us. a man

Luke Chapter 19 Verse 10 get this the son of man came to find lost people and save them. It's so you got to have a blueprint blueprint in order to build a great building. You need to follow blueprint God's word is the blueprint for us to live by in the bill to church to boot print the Bible tells us that God loves us in the blueprint. Jesus came not to condemn us, but to save us we are to day his hands and feet and we are called to love each other as Christ loved the church. That's the blueprint. United Christian Fellowship is a place to belong namatay. If you want the truth this the place to be amen. I'm not saying you ain't get the truth from other places. But if you want the truth this the place to because you know what I am convicted if I don't speak the truth of the word of God Amen and so it might hurt I've had people say ouch Pastor you were stepping on my toes. I said when me I'm just the messenger. I'm just as jacked up. So when I have to deal with the message know that God is convicting. Me too. I'm not one of them preaches that's going to act like oh, I got it all together. I don't you can ask my co-workers even ask my wife should be like, nope. He crazy. amen

I'm serious. Yeah. I take it one step at a time. He man, I have to take it one step at a time because if I if I get ahead of the Holy Spirit, then I'm out there by myself. And if I get too far behind, I can't hear him. Amen. So I got to stay in Pace in tune with him. I have to use some self-control hear a man. I got to get up and I've got to bathe myself in the word of God so that I can just do right that day. Amen because my flesh would want to act up don't you think I want to tell some people piece of my mind.

y'all think I'm crazy, you know folks don't come at me all kind of craziness and say all kind of stuff and don't think but the Holy Spirit be like

cuz if it comes out your mouth you can't take it back.

Hey, man, so watch what comes out of your mouth cuz you can't take it back. I don't care how much you say. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that you lying. It came out of your mouth. I was just playing. No you weren't you were serious. So quit if it if you don't mean it quit letting it come out your mouth a man. That's a freebie for somebody now. Here's the deal. You got to have that Foundation Jesus. The God has a pooper but Jesus has to be the foundation. Jesus is the Builder and he's the leader. I am led by Jesus Christ. I'm not mad by people telling me what to do. So if I want to come in. So you should do this to pass. You should do that Pastor the pastor know I'm led by Jesus Christ. You must be led by Jesus Christ. That's the only way you're going to get to whatever God has planned and purpose for you to go. It's for you to allow him to lead you amen now. Hopefully you're around people who are best in the worst in the spirit of God had the right Motors and they can pour into your life, but if not go back. to the word

amen So here at United Christian Fellowship years on Mission. We have to take the word of God to where people are at. We got to meet them in their world Amen cuz you know, what you go try to tell young person. Oh you come to church and they being nice to you. Amen. They not trying to hear that. Oh, you said it in it but you got to meet him right where they at the word then change. Maybe the method guys. You try to meet me in right now men are running away from the church in droves. I know if it's ladies, but that's where most of the churches are full of women and children because the men are running away. You got to meet them in right where they're at. Amen. We wondering why the church say Amen because we don't we forgotten how to meet a man where he's at. Don't play with a man's time. amen And I'm unfortunately yeah, right. My wife is like It is okay. Alright, let me let me close up here. but seriously

And United Christian Fellowship. It's where God's word meets. Your world will come to judge. We come to love. Become the share truth. This is a place to belong with God. It's a place to belong to a man. And if it's a Bible teaching church, that's where you need to be a man until I got some next steps for you. I want to challenge everybody here to go to the book of Colossians Andre chapter 1 the entire chapter sometime this week coming up. Okay chapter 1 I want you to pray for someone, you know, who's struggling they struggling cuz they mad at God they struggling because things ain't going right in their life. They're struggling whatever the struggle is. I want you to write down their name on your prayer list preform. Amen. And then I want to I want you to really step out in faith. I want you to invite him to church. amen Can you do that? Can I challenge this church body to do that 3 Colossians chapter 1 to pray for someone who's struggling and then to step out on faith and invite him to church if you can do that. Give God a big hand of praise. amen

The great thing about the word of God and in reading the Bible last week, I I share with everybody. I don't read the Bible to try to impress people, you know, you know, I read the Bible so that I can stay and check in them in line with God and man. I read it to buffer myself. So you some people read it to try to impress you with knowledge. They want to throw out all of this and Hebrew and Greek and stuff but their lives is a mess right that I just use some ebonics right there. Okay? I'm good. Okay, though. That was ebonics time. Okay, that's good. Alright, but here's why this is why you have to read the Bible. You have to study so that you can keep yourself in line with what God wants for you. a man

when we begin to do that, we then begin to understand even deeper the love that God has for us. And then when you begin to understand the love that God has for you even in the midst of your challenges, you can share that with someone else. It so every church service. God gives us an opportunity to invite someone who may not come to church often who may have been hurt in the church who made think I got to get myself together before I can come to God. He gives us an opportunity to invite them to a relationship with Jesus Christ. So I take this time now if you were here and you have never accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior. Here's what we going to do cuz I don't believe in bit embarrassing people and make it possible bad. Here's what we're going to do. I want everybody to Bow their heads. You might be saved you might been on the battlefield for 50 years, but I want you to pray this prayer with me. Heavenly Father

I have fallen short.

I miss the mark.

And I know you didn't come to judge me.

but to save me I want a relationship with you.

Please come into my heart. I realize that you died for me. You are very. And you Rose again? I don't understand it all Lord. But I believe that. until today I accept you. Is my personal? Lord and savior in Jesus name amen. If you pray that prayer you believe it in your heart you're saying Now like I tell everybody else that's the easy part. The hard part is when you wake up tomorrow. What do you do with your life?

How do you live this life as a Believer as a Christian and not get caught back up in all the stuff that you used to do? How do you walk this walk of faith? When everybody around you is still doing worldly things. How do you feel like you did not separated in and everybody is looking at you differently. number one being a part of a church will help.

Belonging to a church where people of like faith and belief are together to courage each other will help. number to opening up that bible and then prayer asking God to show you where to begin reading. And to help you understand how to live this life of faith. That is where you start.

The next thing is if you're here and you're and you said hey, I need somebody to help me with this. Let me know put it on your connection car. Remember those cards that we asked you to feet what to fill out.

I fill it out and I have a prayer request. So pretty for the body and every week when I have my connection car my wife prays over my card and I pray over hers as we pray over all the cars that we receive. That's all I'm praying for the church. I'm praying for spiritual growth in an individual's as well as growth in the church. I'm praying for those who are struggling right now as they are trying to figure out this walk of faith. I'm praying for them. And I need you guys to pray for us. Amen. And so if you have nothing to put on your prayer card, fill it out and put pray for pastor and Sister Williams. Will fill out a connection card. Provide for us as much information as you feel comfortable, but what's important to me is that you have a prayer request. Amen because it's hard to deal with stuff by yourself and when you know folks are praying for you and praying with you. It makes a little easier a man. That's why I asked everyone to fill out this connection card. Put your prayer request a man and reason why everybody does it. Because we all need prayer. Amen. We all need prayers. now last thing I would do before I I go to the next phase is if you're looking for a church home. U-Save, yes, you know Christ Jesus in the parts of your sea, but you don't have a place where your fellowship I invite you to become a part of the United Christian Fellowship. I will tell you this. We're not the perfect church cuz you will be in partly be a part of it a man. We're not the perfect church cuz I'm here but we're going to do the best we can to serve God the best we can a man and we're going to learn to pray for each other learn to encourage each other learn to lift each other up because the problem in the church today out today is that it's divided. amen We have got to get back to the point where we're United. Because it's only the devil can keep us divided. We can't do the work that God is calling us to do. When we come together. Just like they did in the church in in Acts. God will add two. It's up to you hearing you looking for a church home. Put it down on your connection car or if you're saying hey, I'm ready to join. If you are if you don't have a church home and you want to be a part of you see it, you know, if we experience candidate for baptism and come on down. Amen. If you're here. What we see that we have extended an invitation and none of, but put it on your prayer request. If you if you want them we can call you and get some more information and we going to get ready for our tithes and offering a man it so we don't get the archers and the greeters together an end. So let me tell you about the tie you know of are you giving money to the church in the preachers going to give rich and all of that stuff, you know, man, the devil is busy. You know that I'm attacking this preacher cuz he got all of this stuff in the holiday. Craziness right when you tell you what the time is about the time is about your obedience to God. That's what it's about. He is asking you to be obedient to him and give to your local church or the body where you're being fed. Spiritually a man. He's asking for you if he gave you a dollar to give him back a dime and you live off the $0.90. Very simple. That's what the time that's about it about somebody getting what we use the tide for us to further the kingdom of God. Amen people get all crazy. Well, let me so for those of you who know here the past that don't take a salary. I don't get paid a man at some point, you know, when we get back in there buddy says a pastor.

We will kick you down something, but right now. I work just like everybody else a man and I do this because this is what God is calling me to do. Amen. It's so we need everybody being obedient to God so you can assume that somebody else is going to do I need you to be a pedia. I need you to be at either because if you read and Malachi you miss a blessing if you're not at either a man and I'm not talking about you all, you know, giving God a little giving God a little tip like we do at restaurants, you know, he's your little $2 tip. That's not what I'm talking about. I get my little $5 I get my little $2. I'm not typing. I'm asking you to look in your heart. And God knows what your tithe is being obedient. But whatever you do do this give it with a cheerful heart. Amen. Don't do it begrudgingly to get that's not what God wants a man do it because you love God Amen and whatever you do do it from your heart. Amen. And so we going to pray as we get prepared to take the offering if you would bow your heads with me Father. We thank you for the offer. We're about to receive and the tie I pray God as hearts are being prepared to receive the time that you would multiply there 90% 10400 full that they will not have room enough to receive the blessings that you have it so loud as we prepare to receive this offer you multiply in Jesus precious name. Amen. We going to now you over in the hands of our ushers and greeters. Let's give us some giving music and we turn it up a little bit.

Okay. Well, we're taking up that I don't forget right after service. Don't leave. We're having some food and fellowship here. So I know everybody likes them to run out but we're going to have Fellowship here. We got to go get some amazing food Summertime In The End Of Summer, but we got some sandwiches and some drinks and stuff like that and we want everybody to stay and just Fellowship together a man. Let him know how you went back to church and UCF and had a good time and even amen

Imma have to give you the long disco version for those of us have been around long enough to know what this goal is for young people that like, what's Disco Yeah, I know I pretend like I don't know.

For those of you who don't know. I was a morning disc jockey in Chicago for 6 years a man, so I know all about back in the day. Amen. Alright the way that everyone get an opportunity to give. All right, and you guys turn and face me. Father we thank you for this offering. We bless it Lord. We turn it over to you. Give us wisdom and how to use it. Give us Direction This Money belongs to you. We've all operated out of obedience with a cheerful heart and we ask God that you would bless it so that there is meat in your house. There's food in your house that the needs are being taken care of in your house and we give you all praise Glory and Honor in Jesus precious name. Amen. Alright, did I miss any announcements?

praise report who got princes We don't want want want one pretty. Thank you. Jesus two weeks ago. My grandson. He he has symptoms of a heart attack, but he's here today and I want to praise God that's most all of the test came back negative. So it the one so he's here today. I want to thank you Jesus. He going to be like Grandma. I never telling you nothing it is you just don't put me on blast in front of dollars with no, but seriously, I think God is doing amazing things in this young man's life sand. So, you know what your grandma put you on blast, but that's okay cuz we all been praying for you a man and then you want to share Well, I'm just glad to see you're a man. Alright, let's tan amen.

Grab grab someone's hand. Amen this how we close out at UCF. And and even when we get to where you have to be in the upper deck we still going to grab hands because you know what? That person who hand that you're grabbing us a miracle. Amen. We already had a testimony man.

Okay, we going to take a picture at the End Amen. Alright, I'll Hearts clear father. We thank you for what you have shared with us a reminder that you love us. The Jesus did not come to judge us but he came to save us we thank you for the testimony Lord that you have touched and healed like only you can do we know God that there's sickness all over not only in our church family, but all over and we pray your healing anointing all throughout the church body, but we know Lord we need each other and we can't do anything if part of the body is sick. So we pray for healing we pray for healing and family Lord. We pray for healing and homes. We pray for relationships to be mended Lord. We pray for children to be protected Lord. We pray God for your word to go forth. In a mighty way and we thank you for all that. You do give in your honor and Glory we bless the food. We're about to receive for the nourishment of our body and mind in. Jesus precious name let everyone say amen. Amen. And amen. Alright, I need everybody to come forward so we can take a picture real quick before we eat if I come on come on y'all. everybody come for

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